Episodes
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S2 Ep10: When Orla Met Juliet Elliott
Orla sits down for a chat with YouTube cycling star, Juliet Elliott. Juliet Elliott is a former pro-snowboarder, Vogue model and bike courier. She's now a multi-discipline bike racer and one of the biggest digital influencers on two-wheels. In this conversation, we discuss her unconventional…
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S2 Ep9: When Orla Met Sam Quek
What does it mean to be a woman in the public eye these days, specifically in sport? It’s a question that’s come up in my chats with the likes of Judy Murray and Dina Asher-Smith in previous episodes. Sam Quek is someone who has quite a bit to say on the matter. Quek is an Olympic champion hockey...
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S2 Ep8: When Orla Met Rod Ellingworth - Part 2
Rod Ellingworth has been instrumental in some of Great Britain's biggest sporting successes over the past decade. He spotted nourished and coached talents that went on to win 13 World Titles, five Olympic Gold Medals and a Tour de France. This is all in addition to the five Tour de France…
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S2 Ep7: When Orla Met Rod Ellingworth - Part 1
Rod Ellingworth has been instrumental in some of Great Britain's biggest sporting successes over the past decade. He spotted nourished and coached talents that went on to win 13 World Titles, five Olympic Gold Medals and a Tour de France. This is all in addition to the five Tour de France…
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S2 Ep6: When Orla Met Kelly Sotherton
When Orla Met…Kelly Sotherton is a conversation about the ethical challenges faced by athletes in elite sport. Sortherton is one of only five women to have won multiple medals in Olympic heptathlon but did not receive the recognition she deserved until after she had retired when Lyudmila Blonska...
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S2 Ep5: Dr Steve Peters: The Chimp Paradox and Learning to Manage Your Mind - Part 2
In part two of When Orla Met Dr Steve Peters the internationally renowned psychiatrist continues the explanation of his theory of mind management, and how we can put it into practice. Dr Peters believes we can all achieve the state of ‘flow’ so often talked about by elite athletes as the almost...
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S2 Ep4: Dr Steve Peters: The Chimp Paradox and Learning to Manage Your Mind - Part 1
When Orla Met Dr Steve Peters is a fascinating insight into the philosophy adopted by countless Olympic and World Champions, and which many credit largely for their success. In his work first as a clinical, then sometime sports psychologist, Dr Peters developed the Chimp Model of mind management…
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S2 Ep3: When Orla Met Dina Asher-Smith
When Orla Met…Dina Asher-Smith is a fascinating insight into the workings of a truly remarkable young woman. A history graduate from King’s College London, a darling of the fashion world who has walked Paris Fashion Week and appeared in British Vogue, and the joint-fastest woman in the world over...
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S2 Ep2: When Orla Met Geraint Thomas - Part 2
In episode 2 of When Orla Met...Geraint Thomas, the Tour de France winner addresses the bad luck which has seemed to plague him for years, his battle to prove both fans and his own team wrong in proving he could win the Tour de France, and the truth about his relationship with fellow Tour winner...
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S2 Ep1: When Orla Met Geraint Thomas - Part 1
When Orla Met...Geraint Thomas is a conversation with the Tour de France champion about how his life has changed since winning the biggest bike race in the world. Thomas talks about his early dreams as a young cyclist, the Olympic disappointment that still haunts him, and the extremes of his...
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S2: Season 2 Trailer
The popular, critically acclaimed podcast series When Orla Met…is back for a second season, and Orla has once again spoken to a host of top athletes and fascinating characters from the world of sport, to find out more about what drives them to phenomenal lengths and success, what it takes to make...
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S1 Ep13: When Orla Met Jonnie Peacock
When Orla Met Jonnie Peacock is an insight into one of those rare people in life who genuinely don’t seem to see hardships as obstacles, who simply deals with life as it comes to them, rather than over-thinking, over-worrying, or asking ‘why me?’ As a five-year-old Jonnie lost his leg to...
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S1 Ep12: When Orla Met Jonathan Vaughters: Can sport ever be clean, and why does it matter? - Part 2
In the second part of When Orla Met Jonathan Vaughters the cycling team manager and confessed doper debates the Darwinian urge to gain advantage, the justice of the penalties imposed on Lance Armstrong, and the need for both society and sports teams to believe that sport can be clean.
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S1 Ep11: When Orla Met Jonathan Vaughters: Can sport ever be clean, and why does it matter? - Part 1
When Orla Met Jonathan Vaughters is a thoughtful discussion with the former professional cyclist, confessed doper, and current cycling manager about the idealism and practicalities of clean sport. Does it exist? Can it exist? And where do we draw the line from eating cheese, to injecting...
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S1 Ep10: When Orla Met Mark Cavendish: Chasing Records, Building Lego and Spelling Bees
When Orla Met Mark Cavendish is a conversation with one of the most successful cyclists of all time, and his mum. Despite his fame and fortune Cavendish still feels most at home on the Isle of Man, where he grew up and where he still has a house opposite his mother. Orla meets both Mark and his…
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S1 Ep9: When Orla Met Lizzie Deignan: Becoming a mum in professional sport, and the damage of doping smears
When Orla Met Lizzie Deignan is a chat with one of the top cyclists in the world about the challenge and excitement of impending motherhood. Lizzie shares her joy at starting a family, and her plans to juggle her new role, with that of being a professional cyclist. She also talks openly about her...
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S1 Ep8: When Orla Met Maggie Alphonsi
When Orla Met Maggie Alphonsi is an inspirational conversation with the World Cup winning rugby player, who became the face of international women’s rugby. Maggie opens up about her childhood on a council estate in North London, as the daughter of a single-parent mother who sacrificed everything…
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S1 Ep7: When Orla Met Judy Murray: Not Just a Tennis Mum - Part 2
In Part 2 of When Orla Met Judy Murray, the mother to two World Number 1 tennis players shares her compelling theory on the power of sport for children, and the need to teach competitiveness from a young age. "I've always felt in life that you learn much more from the defeats, the losses, the...
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S1 Ep6: When Orla Met Judy Murray: Not Just a Tennis Mum - Part 1
In Part 1 of When Orla Met Judy Murray, Judy lays bare the sacrifices she made to give her Grand Slam winning sons the best start in life, and the lessons she's learned along the way. Judy shares her experience of motherhood, coaching, and teaching her sons to 'love the torture of hard work'....
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S1 Ep5: When Orla Met Pippa York: Being Transexual in Elite Sport - Part 2
In Part 2 of When Orla Met Pippa York, Pippa reflects on the ongoing lack of openly gay athletes, and the perceived lack of team support for anyone wishing to come out. She talks about the transition of fellow elite athlete Caitlin Jenner, and the implications of the huge amount of media coverage...
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S1 Ep4: When Orla Met Pippa York: Being Transexual in Elite Sport - Part 1
When Orla Met Pippa York is a conversation about the difficulties and struggles of living life as a transexual in elite sport. Pippa was, for many years, Robert Millar, the most successful British cyclist in history at the time. From the age of 5 she realised she was different, and in her years...
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S1 Ep3: When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy - Part 2
In Part Two of When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy, we hear from the record Champion Jockey about the demons that tormented his two decades at the top of his sport, the impact of losing his mother who recently passed away, and his ongoing quest for happiness.
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S1 Ep2: When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy - Part 1
When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy is a brutally honest conversation with the world’s most successful ever jump jockey about life at the top of elite sport, and the struggle to find meaning when you walk away from it. Sir AP tells of his pact with the Devil, in living the highest of highs but knowing it...
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S1 Ep1: Welcome to When Orla Met...
What does it take to get to the very top of your game? What kind of personalities thrive in high-pressured environments, and what can we learn from them? This is When Orla Met...a conversation with people from the world of sport, about sport, but it's not just a sports podcast. It's a podcast for...
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